Kim Kardashian met with President Trump at the White House last week to discuss prison reform. At some point during the meeting, Trump reportedly told Kim that she and her husband, Kanye West, are boosting his popularity among African-Americans.
West praised Trump in a series of tweets about a month ago, causing an immediate backlash on social media. Trump thanked him for his support several days later while giving a speech at the National Rifle Association's annual conference in Texas.
“Kanye West must have some power because you probably saw I doubled my African American poll numbers. We went from 11 to 22 in one week,” Trump said.
According to data from a Reuters weekly tracking poll, the percentage of black men approving of Trump rose from 11 percent the week ending April 22 to 22 percent for the week ending April 29. However, Reuters considers the number of African American's participating in the weekly polls too small to reliably indicate a shift in opinion.
Kardashian, star of the reality show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” met with Trump and White House adviser Jared Kushner to discuss a presidential pardon for Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence without parole for a drug offense.
Source: bloomberg.com
